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Yeah.. Its to show the blood trail of the enemy hes tracking. Plus i had none of the bigger round ones left

Hahaha..

Last night I did some basing. Simple stuff. Glue and sand. I let it dry overnight.



Primed it today. I tried out the Citadel Imperial Primer. Not a fan. :(

That's a primer?! It looks terrible! Is it the paint or the spray???

lliu wrote:
That's a primer?! It looks terrible! Is it the paint or the spray???

It's their paint on stuff. I wanted to try it. I've used paint on primer before. But that was from Reaper. That stuff works great.

This citadel stuff is not too good.

After a little shake... maybe a minute or two... I tried it out... it came on like an ink or wash... totally not a primer. I looked up online and it turns out other folks had the same issue. They had to mix and shake it so much before it was usable. I ended up doing that with a stir stick. I tried another layer and it looked a little better but not as good as the Reaper stuff.

I normally use Rustoleum spray but I don't have any where to spray in the apartment right now. So I thought I'd try the paint on stuff. I should have ordered some Reaper instead of using Citadel's stuff.

 djphranq wrote:

lliu wrote:
That's a primer?! It looks terrible! Is it the paint or the spray???

It's their paint on stuff. I wanted to try it. I've used paint on primer before. But that was from Reaper. That stuff works great.

This citadel stuff is not too good.

After a little shake... maybe a minute or two... I tried it out... it came on like an ink or wash... totally not a primer. I looked up online and it turns out other folks had the same issue. They had to mix and shake it so much before it was usable. I ended up doing that with a stir stick. I tried another layer and it looked a little better but not as good as the Reaper stuff.

I normally use Rustoleum spray but I don't have any where to spray in the apartment right now. So I thought I'd try the paint on stuff. I should have ordered some Reaper instead of using Citadel's stuff.

It is mainly meant for small touch ups or very small areas.


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Also, I feel like my praetor has been blown out of the water already great job everyone!

I've found their (gw) chaos black spray superb. The skull white spray on the other hand..................utter gak ><

Yeah I had the same results with my Imperial Primer djphranq. God awful stuff. Chaos Black all the way!

Personally I have always used gw spray primer and never had an issue, did you clean the resin before priming? Looks like your issue could be release agent or something similar? Otherwise I'm not sure what has happened there!?

Actually ignore all that, I have since read down and realised that you used paint on primer, never used that before lol!

 Calibanite Lion wrote:
Personally I have always used gw spray primer and never had an issue, did you clean the resin before priming? Looks like your issue could be release agent or something similar? Otherwise I'm not sure what has happened there!?

Actually ignore all that, I have since read down and realised that you used paint on primer, never used that before lol!

Could still apply with the brush on primer...

After being locked down by intense studies for Khorne knows how long, I've finally primed my Contemptor. Now just to wait for it to dry.

I am not used to spray-priming, and the coat got a little uneven. Back in the day we primed with a brush! Oh well, nothing washes won't fix.

I'm curious to see how this turns out. I considered entering in my latest Farsight conversion but, given that I've spent the last week trying to adapt and fix only two shoulder pads, I don't think I'd be done in time at this pace!

Wip update two.

Haven't had much time for painting this month, but I've got this far to date:

Still having to glue her arms back on every five minutes too, joy of joys

cool. what model is that?

finished photos. hope 5 is ok, if not i will condense.

Paradigm, Odin was hit by the full power of N3 fall damage and is awaiting recovery, as I dont feel like helping him right now I would like to change my entry, here is the proof pic:


Reaper Bones Janan, Female Dragon Slayer.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
cool. what model is that?

It's Raven, the leader of the Jailbirds, made by Raging Heroes. She was a freebie for their kickstarter that I pledged on a couple of years ago. She arrived a few weeks back with a few friends

Cracking set you've done there. The tracker is a quality addition

cool. she reminded me of some old escher i have kicking about that i need to paint! haha. thanks. man. the picture quality when i post on here from my laptop is terrible for some reason.. it looks good on my phone haha.. might try and get a collage
program for the laptop

Ooh, there's an idea. I might get some extra ones to proxy as eshers. Ta for the idea!

Quick update:


I'll start on her base tonight, then all I have left to do is cover her in some muck and dust.
If I'd have though about it earlier, I could have tried to covert her into a Willem Defoe platoon style pose. There's another project added to the list

 djphranq wrote:

lliu wrote:
That's a primer?! It looks terrible! Is it the paint or the spray???

It's their paint on stuff. I wanted to try it. I've used paint on primer before. But that was from Reaper. That stuff works great.

This citadel stuff is not too good.

After a little shake... maybe a minute or two... I tried it out... it came on like an ink or wash... totally not a primer. I looked up online and it turns out other folks had the same issue. They had to mix and shake it so much before it was usable. I ended up doing that with a stir stick. I tried another layer and it looked a little better but not as good as the Reaper stuff.

I normally use Rustoleum spray but I don't have any where to spray in the apartment right now. So I thought I'd try the paint on stuff. I should have ordered some Reaper instead of using Citadel's stuff.

That stuff is trash.

Basing begins today.

Washed and drybrushed my model. It turned out a bit more brown than I liked, but I can fix that with hard edging later. I'll go onto the metal next.

Looks like I'll be ready in plenty of time. Just some detailing and blood spatter left to do. I need to let the sealer dry first though.

 MangoChutney wrote:
Ooh, there's an idea. I might get some extra ones to proxy as eshers. Ta for the idea!

Quick update:


I'll start on her base tonight, then all I have left to do is cover her in some muck and dust.
If I'd have though about it earlier, I could have tried to covert her into a Willem Defoe platoon style pose. There's another project added to the list

what do you use to photo with mate?

finally finished this guy

First layer of paint on the Chaplain. I am soooo out of practice. Paint probably could have been thinner. Could have been a lot neater too. Next is a wash, then after that picking out the details.
I probably could use a better setup for pictures too.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
what do you use to photo with mate?

For the wip shots I just use my iphone, which seems to work ok. I just stick the figure on the mantelpiece, brace the phone against the edge, switch off the flash and click. I've got a Nikon D40 for taking the final pics.

 MangoChutney wrote:

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
what do you use to photo with mate?

For the wip shots I just use my iphone, which seems to work ok. I just stick the figure on the mantelpiece, brace the phone against the edge, switch off the flash and click. I've got a Nikon D40 for taking the final pics.

Fair one.. It bugs me that your photos are better than mine from a phone. Is it possibly my phone camera is too good for such a small scale, is that a thing?.. Its 12 megapixel

Megapixel count is one of the least important things about any camera. There's stuff like aperture and uhh.. yeah i'm not a camera guy but like a lot of electronics, the statistics that matter aren't the ones they throw on the box most of the time.

Most phone cameras are strictly worse than even cheap normal cameras because they can fit better behind the scenes camera parts in the somewhat larger only-cameras. I do believe. Although.. my droid turbo takes pretty good pictures.

You may have to look up a guide for your particular phone, it could be a technique/settings thing too. I know my phone won't focus at all if its too close.